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Benicio del Toro Wiki Biography

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez is known as Benicio del Toro in TV industry. Film producer and actor Benicio del Toro net worth is estimated to be 45 million dollars. The actor was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1967. Benicio del Toro gained his fame and net worth while appearing in many Hollywood films. Benicio is the third actor from Puerto Rico who has won an Academy Award. Benicio del Toro is known for his roles in “The Usual Suspects“, „Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas“,“ Snatch“, „Sin City“, „Che“ and others. Del Toro lost his mother as he was only 9 years old and in three years he moved to Mercersburg, Pennsylvania with his brother and father.

He went to Mercersburg Academy and also to the University of California where we was supposed to get a degree in business, but del Toro dropped out as he wanted to reach a career as an actor at Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York.

Benicio del Toro started earning his net worth in 1980s with the small roles of criminals on TV series “Miami Vice” and “Drug Wars: The Camarena Story”. The attractive look gave him opportunity to appear in music video “La Isla Bonita” sung by Madonna. Del Toro first bigger roles were in films such as “Big Top Pee-Wee” and in “License to Kill”. The performance which was especially beneficial and successful was the role in “The Usual Suspects” in 1995. It brought del Toro Independent Spirit Award in the category Best Supporting Actor. This led him to more independent roles and one of them (in the movuie „Basquiat“) won him the same award. In 2000 Benicio del Toro net worth was increased with his debut was a director. He was working together with screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie for the film „The Way of the Gun“. The year 2000 was the most successfull and adding a lot to Benicio del Toro net worth as well as to his fame. The role of Javier Rodriguez in the film „Traffic“ directed by Steven Soderbergh brought Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award and also BAFTA Award. Del Toro won in categories Best (supporting) actor. Another huge success was a film “21 Grams” directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. He was nominated for several awards and won L.A. Film Critics Association award in category Best Supporting Actor. The next work (as actor and producer) with the director Steven Soderbergh was again profitable as the film „Che“ presented in 2008 won him the Best Actor Award in Cannes Film Festival.

The fascinating look of the actor was also noticed by the Campari Group which which is the manufacturer of wines, spirits and soft drinks. Benicio del Toro became the face of Campari calendar in 2011. Del Toro was the first male model in the famous liquor company’s advertisement.

Benicio del Toro net worth is an impressive 45 million dollars and it is earned while plenty performances in minor and major roles in films as well as TV series. Benicio del Toro work was honored by the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico.

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Benicio del Toro Quick Info

Benicio del Toro Trademarks

1. Dark circles under his eyes
2. Frequently plays moral characters in harsh environments
3. Frequently portrays dark, tragic characters
4. Slurred mumbling voice and odd mannerisms
5. Deep raspy voice

Benicio del Toro Quotes

• It’s funny, but when I arrived in California to start college, I was much more interested in becoming a surfer and cruise along in life from one beach to the next. I didn’t plan out any huge career for myself. Now that I see that I have this career and it’s worked out for me, it still feels like I’m surfing, only that it’s on a different level. I feel very free and that’s all that I’ve ever wanted out of life.
• I like to take things very slowly. When you start to become a movie star, it’s easy to believe that you are Superman. That can fool you. That’s why I prefer not to pay much attention to fame. The truth is that I don’t give it much thought. I don’t suffer. I don’t hang my photographs on the wall. Without realizing it, you can enter a vicious circle and think that you really are a superhero. That’s the moment when you get yourself in real trouble.
• I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me, it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge. Sometimes that will cut it, other times it won’t. But I’m someone who remains faithful to my dreams. That’s how I looked at acting, even though I knew it would be tough going at first. I didn’t think about the money, I’ve always lived simply. I just need my books and I can get by.
• My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and I think I’m at that point now. The Oscar has given me a lot of recognition, but I think Traffic (2000) alone would have done a lot for me. It’s the kind of role you die for because a lot of people are going to focus on your work. It gives you a very high profile.
• I do get more recognized now. If I go to dinner, people look at me more now and whisper. But as an actor, I would be no one without the people who come and see me. So it would be ridiculous for it to bother me. It just bothers me when I’m intoxicated.
• I see The Usual Suspects (1995) as the time where I was, quote unquote, discovered. It took me six, seven years to get to that place. And it was not easy. You’re fighting with people who doubt you and your choice of career. There are a lot of doubts – and you have to stay focused with what you want. I never put a time limit on me being successful or not. I just cared about the work as an actor. But it wasn’t easy because there were a lot of ups and downs. I don’t know if you know much about baseball, but baseball is the game of failure. You deal with failure – strike, strike, strike – all the time. Acting is like that. You have to have a very thick skin in a way – your hair is too dark, you’re too ugly for the part, your audition wasn’t good.
• I’d like to do completely different roles – a romantic lead, for example. I’d like to be dressed up in a suit and get the girl at the end of the movie.
• I like to keep growing. I haven’t gotten anywhere, as far as I’m concerned.
• I like anything that’s three-dimensional, anything I can believe in – even if it’s fantastic, surreal or from another planet.
• My career went into the hole after Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). People might have seen what they saw on screen and subconsciously, people in the business might have taken what they saw literally. I think people thought, “He got fat. He got weird. His mumbling increased tenfold.” I was trying to do an interpretation of a masterpiece of a book, and that’s what the character was – an animal!
• Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. The rumor was I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it.

Benicio del Toro Important Facts

• Received an honorary degree from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico for his impact on the cinema enterprise, during the celebration of the university’s centennial. [March 2012]
• Was considered for the role of John Harrison in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), but eventually declined due to monetary issues. The role went to Benedict Cumberbatch.
• Is one of four Academy Award winning actors to play a James Bond villain. The other three are Christopher Walken, Javier Bardem and Christoph Waltz. Benicio is the only one not to play a main villain and to play a villain before winning his Oscar.
• Became a father for the first time at age 44 when Kimberly Stewart gave birth to his daughter Delilah Genoveva Stewart Del Toro on August 21, 2011.
• Is a huge fan of the Fulham Football Club (English Premier League soccer club). Fellow fans include Elizabeth Hurley, Lily Allen, Pierce Brosnan, Hugh Grant, Hugh Laurie, Daniel Radcliffe, Andrew Johnston and the late Michael Jackson.
• Vocalist Macy Gray is one of his huge fans. They were born the same year.
• Lives in Los Angeles, California.
• His father owned the property across the street from his childhood home and turned it into a full-size basketball court so he and his brother Gustavo could practice and play with their friends. The property has since been built into a condominium.
• Neighbors with Rade Serbedzija.
• Good friends with Johnny Depp. They worked together in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).
• Had a cameo as a background character in Madonna’s music video “La Isla Bonita” (1987).
• Has appeared with his ex-girlfriend, Valeria Golino, in three films: Big Top Pee-wee (1988), The Indian Runner (1991) and Submission (1995).
• He and his ex-girlfriend Claire Forlani both been in movies featuring Ryan Phillippe: Claire in Antitrust (2001) and Benicio in The Way of the Gun (2000). They have also both been in movies with Brad Pitt: Claire in Meet Joe Black (1998) and Benicio in Snatch (2000). Claire and Benicio acted together in Basquiat (1996).
• Cousin of Joshue Del Toro and Rebeca.
• At 21 years old, he is the youngest person ever to portray a villain in a James Bond movie: Dario in Licence to Kill (1989).
• Was considered for the lead role of Eddie Kagle in Angel on My Shoulder (2005), a role that was played by Paul Muni in Angel on My Shoulder (1946). Producers not only wanted him for his his amazing talent, but also for his close resemblance to Muni.
• Is one of five Oscar winners – for Best Supporting Actor in Traffic (2000) – to play a character that spoke mostly in a foreign language. Most of his dialog was in Spanish. The other are Sophia Loren, Robert De Niro, Roberto Benigni and Marion Cotillard.
• Because of his pay-or-play deal, he was paid $5 million for American Gangster (2007). the film was due to start shooting in October 2004 – with Denzel Washington co-starring – but Universal Pictures postponed it because of budgetary concerns. The film eventually got the green light in 2006, with Ridley Scott replacing Antoine Fuqua as director.
• Before moving to Pennsylvania, he was a student at Academia del Perpetuo Socorro in Miramar, Puerto Rico.
• From 1988 through 1992, he was in a relationship with Valeria Golino.
• Benny Dalmau’s last name (his character in Basquiat (1996)) came from Raymond Dalmau, a Puerto Rican basketball player in the 1970s and early 1980s. Raymond Dalmau wore the shirt Benicio wears in the film when he was in the Puerto Rican National Selection.
• Is the third Puerto Rican actor to receive an Academy Award. The other two were: Rita Moreno (West Side Story (1961)) and José Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)).
• Won the 2003 Audience Award for Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival for his role in 21 Grams (2003).
• “Del Toro” means “of the bull” in Spanish.
• He badly injured his wrist during a stunt fight during the filming of William Friedkin’s The Hunted (2003). He fell on his wrist as he dove for a knife and actor Tommy Lee Jones fell on top of him. He was injured so badly that he was out of work for months, even though the film was virtually completed. He required three hours of therapy daily and reportedly there is a question whether he will regain full use of the wrist.
• Attended and graduated from Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania (1985). He was a basketball star and artist there, but not an actor.
• Was offered the role of Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls (2000), which eventually went to Javier Bardem. He turned down the role to be in friend Christopher McQuarrie’s The Way of the Gun (2000).
• Reportedly turned down the role of Frida Kahlo’s husband Diego Rivera in Frida (2002) because of the weight gain that would be required, despite that earlier, for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), he had gained 40 pounds for his character.
• Burned himself with cigarettes repeatedly for the elevator scene in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) because the real ‘Oscar Zeta Acosta’ did as well. The shots of the burn were cut.
• Attended the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), but did not graduate.
• Studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting on a scholarship.
• His family urged him to become a lawyer because they felt there was no future in acting.
• His mother, Fausta Sanchez-Del Toro, died of hepatitis when he was age nine.
• Has one brother, Gustavo, who is two years older and is a physician in the United States.
• He was sent to boarding school in Pennsylvania when he was age 13.
• Passionate about oil painting.
• Son of Gustavo Del Toro and Fausta Sanchez-Del Toro, and Godson of Sarah Torres (all lawyers).

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